In his first restructuring proposal, Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr proposed investing $1.5 billion over 10 years to improve services. The City of Detroit plans to file a new proposal on Monday. / Detroit Free Press file photo

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More police and fire vehicles, hiring of additional cops and firefighters and a new round of cash for blight removal and park upgrades were among the top priorities Detroit detailed today in a bid to persuade a federal judge to approve $120 million in bankruptcy financing.

The city listed $179 million in near-term investment needs for its beleaguered public safety, antiquated record-keeping systems and blight removal in response to creditor complaints that Detroit wasn’t detailing how it would spend fresh debt from London-based Barclays that Judge Steven Rhodes must approve.

The spending priorities dovetail with what emergency manager Kevyn Orr and elected city officials say are critical areas Detroit must address if the city is to recover from its financial tailspin.

Orr outlined plans to eventually invest $1.5 billion over 10 years in improved services, but that is contingent upon approval of a broader bankruptcy restructuring plan that calls for cuts to pensions and bonds.

In the meantime, the city is pushing for the $120-million loan so it can begin tackling critical needs. Among the proposals to spend that cash:

■ $36.2 million for the Detroit Police Department for more officers, new fleet vehicles, construction of precinct buildings and gear such as radios, vests and Tasers. The number of new officers who might be hired wasn’t available.

■ $25.4 million for the Fire Department for new vehicles and maintenance on the existing fleet, repairs to firehouses and additional hiring. Outgoing Fire Commissioner Jonathan Jackson said earlier this week that the department hopes to hire as many as 200 firefighters and emergency medical workers over the next few years.

■ $35.6 million to tear down blighted homes. Orr ultimately plans to spend about $520 million on removal of nearly 80,000 abandoned, vacant homes, tearing down those that aren’t salvageable.

■ $24.8 million for the city’s General Services Department, which maintains properties and buildings and the city’s vehicle fleet. The money would be used to hire workers and upgrade parks and the grounds maintenance fleet, and improve facilities across the city.

■ $5.1 million for demolition of the Herman Kiefer Health Complex, the former home of Detroit’s public health department and vital records. The city transferred its public health services to a private nonprofit agency in 2012 and moved responsibility for vital records to Wayne County.

Mayor Mike Duggan’s administration gave developers tours of the old hospital complex this week, in hopes that the property can be reused, but said it will budget demolition money in case no feasible redevelopment plans come forward.

Collectively, the investments add up to $179 million. But Orr’s spokesman, Bill Nowling, said today that the goal of the list was to detail as much as possible the ways Detroit could use the money quickly to improve city services; not all of the proposals on the list ultimately will be covered by the $120-million Barclays loan.

“We want to make sure we’ve identified all the things we could spend the money on with that quality-of-life loan,” Nowling said. He added that the city didn’t describe specific numbers of personnel or vehicles the loan would pay for because in many cases those decisions still haven’t been made.

Earlier this week, Rhodes ordered the city to specify how it would use the cash, which comes with a minimum interest rate of 3.5%. The city said in a court filing that it already paid $4.375 million to Barclays in fees on the transaction, although the bank will refund $1 million.

Detroit must start paying Barclays’ legal fees if the deal isn’t done by April 15, according to documents filed today.

In a court filing, the city identified about $100 million in near-term needs for its police and fire departments and blight removal projects.

Rhodes plans to conduct a hearing Wednesday to determine whether Detroit can borrow the money from Barclays. The judge approved a previous version of the deal in January, but it had to be renegotiated after a related debt settlement transaction was denied.